A dazzling cosmic swirl, NGC 3507 shines alone in this Hubble image, though it secretly belongs to a dynamic galactic duo.

Astronomers discover more than 100 hidden black holes in a star cluster, revealing surprising movements in ancient galactic ...

The universe came into existence just under 14 billion years ago, with the main phase of star and galaxy formation peaking at ...

The mystery object, located just a short 15,000 light-years from Earth in our Milky Way galaxy, was spotted emitting unusual ...

A massive barred spiral galaxy from the early Universe has stunned astronomers by forming stars at 300 times the rate of the ...

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb discusses the hypothetical use of highly energetic events as a way to produce "gravitational-wave ...

The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) is the closest large spiral galaxy to the Milky Way, visible to the naked eye and set to merge ...

THERE’S some real stars quality in the nightscapes nominated for the annual Milky Way Photographer of the Year.  Photos taken from space, Chile and the US are all in the running for the ...

Using combined observations from ground-based telescopes over nearly four years, the researchers saw the distant galactic ...

Astronomers have identified an extraordinary cosmic pattern in our celestial neighborhood: a stream of dwarf galaxies ...

While the Milky Way is technically visible year-round, certain times offer better viewing opportunities — especially for ...